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Library print resources that can help you find book reviews

1) Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature Index, which has a section after the main index that lists magazine citations for book reviews, usually by the name of the book's author;

2) Library Literature & Information Science Index, which similarly has a section after the main index that lists magazine citations for book reviews, usually by the book's author, but more often by the title of the book itself; and

3) Book Review Digest, an annual publication published by H.W. Wilson that compiles that year's magazine citations of reviews for a book by the title, or sometimes by the author; see online product description

4) Book Review Index, an annual publication published by Thomson Gale that compiles that year's magazine citations of reviews for a book by the author's name, in alphabetical order; available online through Dialog or see product description

Online bookstores

On the pages for individual book titles, Amazon.com provides Editorial Reviews and Barnes & Noble.com provides the section, From the Critics, which both include reviews for books that come from the Review periodicals named above, including reviews from ALA's Booklist.

Both of these major online bookstores also often have reader reviews, but you may wish to read the First Monday article, “Six degrees of reputation: The use and abuse of online review and recommendation systems,” by Shay David and Trevor Pinch, as you consider how to use these.